GovernmentcollectstaxesLeadershipfails, oftenthrough focuson maintainingwealth, notempireInternalrebellionsHas an ideologythat gainsfollowers for theempire, its leader,and/or militaryexpansionPopulationincreasesOutsideinvasionsFailure tocontinueconquestlessons faith inimperialideologyHas militaryresourcesoradvantagesHaseconomicstability andprosperityIncreasestradeFreeAt least somecitizenship orrights grantedto conqueredpeoplesFreeEconomicrewardsgiven mainlyto elitesFreeFreePreexistingstates donot getalongBuildstransportationinfrastructureSponsors artandeducation,especially incitiesRegion hasseveral smallstates withnone dominantbefore empireforms thereCommonofficiallanguagefacilitatescommunicationOverextensionof governmentand militaryresourcesCommonlaw acrossentireempireRegionhas highagriculturalpotentialRegion hasexisting state-levelgovernment(s)before empireforms thereGovernmentcollectstaxesLeadershipfails, oftenthrough focuson maintainingwealth, notempireInternalrebellionsHas an ideologythat gainsfollowers for theempire, its leader,and/or militaryexpansionPopulationincreasesOutsideinvasionsFailure tocontinueconquestlessons faith inimperialideologyHas militaryresourcesoradvantagesHaseconomicstability andprosperityIncreasestradeFreeAt least somecitizenship orrights grantedto conqueredpeoplesFreeEconomicrewardsgiven mainlyto elitesFreeFreePreexistingstates donot getalongBuildstransportationinfrastructureSponsors artandeducation,especially incitiesRegion hasseveral smallstates withnone dominantbefore empireforms thereCommonofficiallanguagefacilitatescommunicationOverextensionof governmentand militaryresourcesCommonlaw acrossentireempireRegionhas highagriculturalpotentialRegion hasexisting state-levelgovernment(s)before empireforms there

Empires Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Government collects taxes
  2. Leadership fails, often through focus on maintaining wealth, not empire
  3. Internal rebellions
  4. Has an ideology that gains followers for the empire, its leader, and/or military expansion
  5. Population increases
  6. Outside invasions
  7. Failure to continue conquest lessons faith in imperial ideology
  8. Has military resources or advantages
  9. Has economic stability and prosperity
  10. Increases trade
  11. Free
  12. At least some citizenship or rights granted to conquered peoples
  13. Free
  14. Economic rewards given mainly to elites
  15. Free
  16. Free
  17. Preexisting states do not get along
  18. Builds transportation infrastructure
  19. Sponsors art and education, especially in cities
  20. Region has several small states with none dominant before empire forms there
  21. Common official language facilitates communication
  22. Overextension of government and military resources
  23. Common law across entire empire
  24. Region has high agricultural potential
  25. Region has existing state-level government(s) before empire forms there